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like a head. For the Shetl. form of pronunc. cf. M.Eng. heued, heved, sb., the head.

hevel [hēvəl, hɛvəl, hævəl], sb., a handle, a curved handle across the mouth of a vessel (esp. of a bucket); de h. o’ de dollek or “dafek”. Also hevlek [hevlək]. hēvəl, hevlək: U. occas. hēvəl: Yⁿ. Elsewhere comm.: hɛvəl (hævəl). a hevel-dafek, a bucket with a hevel. — No. hevel, m., a handle; ear, esp. a handle of an open vessel (bucket); O.N. hefill, m., a loop; a halyard.

heverd [hēvərd], adj., in the compd. ill-heverd, clumsy; ill-shaped; badly behaved; q.v.

hever-less [hē··vərlɛs·, -ləs·], adj., of bad behaviour and repulsive manners. Barclay: haeverless. See the foll. word.

hevers [hēvərs], sb. pl., (clumsy, awkward) behaviour, (bad) conduct; ill h., puir [‘poor’] h. Barclay: “haivers” and “haivins”. For the prob. etym. of the word, see haivers, sb.

hevl, hevel, vb., see hivl, hivel, vb.

hevlet, adj., see hivlet, adj.

hibb, interj., see hipp, interj.

hibbedor, sb., see hobiter, sb.

hifs [hɩfs], vb., to walk heavily, making swinging and plunging movements, applied to a clumsy, unwieldy person with a bad carriage; to geng hifsin aboot. De., L. *hyfsa. No. hufsa and hyfsa, vb., to push; swing; shake; plunge.

hifsek [hɩfsək (hifsək)], sb., a clumsy, slovenly person, esp. a woman. De. [hɩfsək]. L. [hɩfsək, hifsək]. No. hyfsa, f., a slattern, heavily-moving woman. See hifs, vb., and cf. hofsek, sb., and hofset¹, adj.

hig [hɩg, heg, hi̇̄g, hɩ̄g] sb., something thin, insignificant, poor, esp. of grass and corn; a tin [‘thin’] h.; a mere h. o’ girs [‘grass’]; a h. o’

corn, thin, scant corn; a h. alangst [‘along’] de edge o’ de “rig” (the cultivated patch). Du. Also heg [hē^əg], tin [‘thin’] h.: St. — Cf. No. higr, n., a particle; trifle; something extremely insignificant.

hikr, hiker [hɩkər], vb., to delay; hesitate; he would no h. aboot it, no h. at døin’ [‘doing’] so, he would not hesitate in doing so; to dø onyting [‘do something’] withoot hikerin, to do something without delay or hesitation. S.Sh. (Du.; Conn.). *hikra from *hika. Icel. and No. hika, vb., to delay; linger; hesitate.

hiks [hɩks, həks], vb., to hiccough, to catch one’s breath. Fe. For hikst. Also hiksi [hɩksi, həksi]. More rarely hiksti. — O.N. hixta, vb., to hiccough. — The corresponding substantive is more common in Shetl. See the foll. word.

hiksti [hɩksti, həksti] and hoksti [hꜵ̈ksti], sb., hiccough, hiccoughing, catching one’s breath; to ha’e de h. = to hiks; to get de h. From Wests. (ōSa.) the forms hoksti, hiksi [hɩksi] are reported, and as pl. words: hikses [hɩksəs], hokses [hꜵ̈ksəs]; from Conn.: hoksti. Elsewhere more comm.: hiksti. — O.N. hixti, m., hiccough, hiccoughing. With ref. to hikses (hokses), pl., cf. Da. hik, n. pl., hiccough.

*hildin [hɩldin], sb., fire, sea-term, tabn-name in fishermen’s lang.; de h. Fo. *ildinn = eldinn, def. form of O.N. eldr, m., fire. See ilder¹, ildin, sb.

hilek [hɩlək], sb., a hollow in a flat rock. N.Roe. Br.? No. hyl, m., a deep hollow in the bed of a brook or river; also a puddle, a deep collection of water, = O.N. hylr, m.; Icel. hylr, m., gulf; depth.

hilgin [h^əɩlgɩn, h^əɩᶅgɩn], sb., a tall, overgrown lad; a tall imposing fellow (Yⁿ.); a boy or girl growing